Osaka Prefectural Rinkai Sports Center (Rinspo)

高石市 · Public skating times & prices

A 59 by 28.4 m ice rink open all year in a 1972 sports centre designed by Fumihiko Maki

Public skating at Osaka Prefectural Rinkai Sports Center (Rinspo): the next 7 days

Monday, October 12

  • · 一般営業 · ¥1,200

Tuesday, October 13

  • · 一般営業 · ¥1,200

Wednesday, October 14

  • · 一般営業 · ¥1,200

Friday, October 16

  • · 一般営業 · ¥1,200

Saturday, October 17

  • · 一般営業 · ¥1,200

Admission and skate rental

Admission
¥150–¥1,500 · Official source
Address
高師浜丁6-1, 高石市, 592-0006
Phone
+81 72 268 8351
Website
rin-spo.com
The entrance steps and curved roof of the Osaka Prefectural Rinkai Sports Center in Takaishi — Osaka Prefectural Rinkai Sports Center (Rinspo)
The entrance steps and curved roof of the Osaka Prefectural Rinkai Sports Center in Takaishi Photo: Osaka Prefectural Rinkai Sports Center (RINSPO) · Source
The ice sheet of the Rinkai Sports Center during a public session, seen from the stand with the RINSPO banner on the wall — Osaka Prefectural Rinkai Sports Center (Rinspo)
The ice sheet of the Rinkai Sports Center during a public session, seen from the stand with the RINSPO banner on the wall Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

Rinspo, a coastal sports centre in Takaishi saved from closure by a 150 million yen appeal

The centre, nicknamed Rinspo, was built between March 1971 and June 1972 to give workers in the Sakai-Senboku coastal industrial zone a place for health and leisure, and it was designed by Fumihiko Maki. It has two gymnasiums for indoor tournaments and an ice rink that is open all year; the ice is 59 by 28.4 metres and is used for figure skating, ice hockey and speed skating.

Osaka Prefecture once planned to close it and merge it into Namihaya Dome, but its future was settled when a support group raised 150 million yen, half the renovation cost the governor had asked for. The money was handed over on 14 February 2013 through the figure skater Daisuke Takahashi, who used the centre as his training base, and 130 million yen of it came from an anonymous donor.

The centre was first run by a prefectural foundation and has been managed by the Nankai group since April 2006.

Before you head out.

Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.

Admission

On Tuesdays and Wednesdays public skating is ¥1,200 for adults and ¥760 for children (aged 4 to junior high); on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays it is ¥1,500 and ¥950, or ¥2,000 and ¥1,450 with hire skates. Wednesday sessions after 16:00 and Friday to Sunday sessions after 16:00 cost ¥1,000 for adults and ¥500 for children, and skaters aged 60 and over pay ¥1,050. Hire skates cost ¥530 and a spectator ticket ¥150.

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Skates & rentals

Skate hire is ¥530 a time and a spectator ticket ¥150.

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Booking & check-in

Skating tickets are bought from the ticket machine at reception, which takes cash, VISA and Mastercard, PayPay and transport IC cards.

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Skating with children

The price list counts "children" as aged 4 up to junior high school.

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Parking & arrival

The centre's car park charges ¥200 an hour for cars, with a daytime maximum of ¥600 (07:00-24:00) and a night maximum of ¥400 (24:00-07:00).

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Accessibility

Disabled visitors and disabled groups using the centre are exempt from car park charges if they show their certificate at the management office when leaving.

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A source check records what the rink published on that date. Session-specific booking details take precedence.